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| Mr | Yaser | Mohammadi | Bu-Ali Sina University | Iran | Best Researcher Award | naturalscientist.org |
| Mr | Yasser | EbrahimianGhajari | Babol Noshirvani University of Technology | Iran | Best Researcher Award | naturalscientist.org |
| Mr. | Yi | Deng | China School of Banking and Finance, University of International Business and Economics | China | Best Researcher Award | naturalscientist.org |
| Mr | yihan | wang | China University of Mining & Technology (CUMT) | China | Best Researcher Award | naturalscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Yikai | Wang | North China Electric Power University | China | Best Researcher Award | naturalscientist.org |
| Mr | Yingying | WU | Institute of Edible Fungi/ Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences | China | Research Excellence Award | naturalscientist.org |
| Mr. | Yuming | Yuan | South China University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | naturalscientist.org |
| Mr | Yunmeng | Liu | UAMS | United States | Best Researcher Award | naturalscientist.org |
| Ms. | Zenobia | Kusi-Afrakoma | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland | Best Researcher Award | naturalscientist.org |
| Mr | Zhi | Li | National Engineering Research Center of Coal Gasification and Coal-Based Advanced Materials, ShanDong Energy Group CO.,LTD. | China | Best Researcher Award | naturalscientist.org |
| Mr | Zhijie | Gan | economics school of Guangxi university | China | Best Researcher Award | naturalscientist.org |
| Mr | Zijun | Yi | Wuhan Textile University | China | Best Researcher Award | naturalscientist.org |